There are plenty of ways to make money, but why would you want to focus on working in politics? Politics can be extremely corrupt, and there’s not much in the way of job stability, even when you’re in office. In fact, many of the most famous politicians never held another job after their political careers ended. That’s because many use the political sphere as a means to an end how else do you get wealthy so quickly? Here’s our list of 10 politicians that made all their money in politics!
1) Steve Forbes, United States Presidential Candidate
Steve Forbes is a prominent member of the Republican Party and was the party's nominee for President of the United States in 1996. Forbes, the son of longtime publisher Malcolm Forbes, was born on February 24, 1947. He graduated from Princeton University with a degree in economics and went on to receive his MBA from Harvard Business School. After graduating from HBS, he worked at an investment management company before joining his father's company.
2) Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States
Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, is the personification of a politician that made all his money in politics. He has been a businessman, television personality, and now president of the U.S. His net worth is estimated at $3 billion. Trump's business ventures have included real estate development, hotels, resorts, casinos, and golf courses. He has also acted as an executive producer for several TV shows about successful business people. In 2000 he opened Trump University, which offered courses on real estate investment strategies and other business topics from experts handpicked by Trump himself until it was shut down in 2010 amid allegations that it defrauded students with deceptive marketing practices and exploited them financially with high-price tags and unattainable promises of success
3) Robert Mercier, Member of U.S. Congress for 26 years
Robert Mercier is a U.S. Representative who has served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for 26 years. He's also served as Chairman of the Committee on Veterans Affairs and was Vice Chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. Mercier made all his money in politics and has become one of the richest men in America, with an estimated net worth of $18 million. Since 1975, he's made a total of $2,742,000 through his salary, investments, and other assets.
4) Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, was born on August 19, 1946. Clinton served as the governor of Arkansas for 12 years and as president from 1993 to 2001. After his presidency, he founded the William J. Clinton Foundation, which aims to create economic opportunity by fostering entrepreneurship and economic growth in developing countries. He is also a member of the Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity. The William J. Clinton Foundation's work is organized around three mutually reinforcing programmatic pillars: (1) climate change, (2) global health and wellness, and (3) economic growth and opportunity.
5) John Kerry, 68th United States Secretary of State
John Kerry, 68th United States Secretary of State and the 2004 Democratic nominee for President, has an estimated net worth of $200 million. Kerry began his career as a Naval officer. He then served as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1983 to 1985 and Governor from 1985 to 1990 before being elected Senator from Massachusetts in 1984. In 1988 he became the Democratic presidential nominee and lost the election. John Kerry's wife, Teresa Heinz, is also a billionaire, with a net worth estimated at over $1 billion dollars.
John Kerry was born on December 11, 1943, in Aurora, Colorado. He attended Yale University, majoring in political science, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966.
6) Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican Presidential Nominee
Mitt Romney, the former Republican Presidential nominee and former Governor of Massachusetts, has a net worth of $250 million dollars. He is currently running for Senate in Utah.
Romney was born on March 12, 1947. When he was 25, he married his high school sweetheart Ann. Mitt graduated from Brigham Young University and then graduated from Harvard Law School. He started Bain Capital, where he became very successful as a capitalist and businessman until he decided to run for office as a Senatorial candidate in 1994, where he lost by just two percent of the vote.
In 1998, Romney ran again for a Senate seat, but this time as a Republican against Ted Kennedy, who was one of the most powerful Democrats at the time.
7) George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
George W. Bush was the 43rd president of the United States and served from 2001 until 2009. He made his money by being a politician and running a successful campaign for Texas governor. His net worth is $20 million, according to Forbes.
George Walker Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the son of Barbara Bush and George H. W. Bush, who would later become the 41st president of the United States 41st president and vice president under Ronald Reagan from 1980 until 1988.
8) Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2016 Democratic Party Nominee
Hillary Rodham Clinton is an American politician who served as the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, as U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, as 67th Secretary of State from 2009 until 2013, and as the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 2016. Clinton was born on October 26, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. She married Bill Clinton, and they had one child named Chelsea Clinton together before divorcing amicably on February 27, 1999. She has been a professional politician since 1983 when she became a staff attorney with the Rose Law Firm while attending Yale Law School, where she met Bill Clinton again at a conference on children's rights.
9) Nicolas Sarkozy, Former French President (2007–2012)
Nicolas Sarkozy was a French politician who served as the President of France from 2007 until 2012. During his office, Sarkozy made it his mission to cut government spending and reform labor laws. In 2008, he passed a law that increased the minimum wage while making it easier for employers to fire employees. The bill was met with wide opposition and resulted in more than 3 million people protesting across France.
10) Tony Blair, British Labour Party Leader and Prime Minister (1997–2007)
Blair was the prime minister of England from 1997 to 2007. He served as the country's Foreign Secretary from 1994 to 1997 and its Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from 2008 to 2010. He led a Labour Party government that won three general elections, each by a landslide. Under his leadership, Britain took military action against Taliban forces in Afghanistan, overthrew the regime of Saddam Hussein, and established a successful peace process.
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